Motorcycle Explorer August 2014 Issue 1 | Page 28

Travel Story : lisa morris and jason spaff

Jason has twenty-five plus years riding experience on me , in fact , before the start of 2012 I ' d never ridden anything other than a bell-jingling donkey on Blackpool Beach . Perfectly contented as a pillion , I casually scribbled my name down on something at the NEC ’ s Motorcycle Live and won a ‘ taster session ’ with Shires Motorcycle Training School in the East Midlands . I never looked back . In a few short months , I went from zero to ‘ Lets go !’ I passed my test first time with the highly professional Shires Motorcycle Training School across the Derby and
Nottingham sites whose instructors and staff were nothing but patient ( I am no natural rider ), accommodating around my work schedule and approachable . Heartfelt thanks also goes to Simon Pavey ' s BMW Off Road Skills School in South Wales - without his staff , particularly Jenny Huntley I ' d still be nervous taking my bike off tarmac . I loved training in a mixed group of six trainees ; it was superb fun to try and out-do the guys on some of the exercises ! The off-road training transformed my road riding too . This endeavour – on all types of terrain – has

Passing the test and going from ' Zero to Let ' s go !'